Not all Americans able to pursue happiness

A certain percentage of our happiness is genetically determined; yet we can still influence our level of happiness by “choosing to pursue four basic values of faith, family, community and work,” says Arthur Brooksin The New York Times. But as evidence shows “that people at the bottom are increasingly stuck without skills or pathways to rise,” we need to push for socioeconomic and cultural change that will ensure our free enterprise system provides equal opportunities for all, he says.